THIS IS A TESTIMONY CONCERNING PRAYING WITH PASTOR CHRIS ON PASTOR CHRISLIVE.

AS A CONSULTANT ENGINEER, I AM USUALLY HIRED TO PROVIDE HIGH- VALUE TECHNICAL INPUT INTO A PROJECT USUALLY FROM THE BIDDING STAGE

UPTO AWARD AND EXECUTION. HAVING FINISHED WORK ON SUCH A PROJECT PREVIOUSLY AND GOT LAID OFF, I HAD TO STAY FOR ABOUT A PERIOD OF 2

YEARS WITHOUT ANY SUCH JOB. SURVIVAL MEANT DOING LITTLE VALUE, SHORT TERM JOBS JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET. THIS PERIOD ALSO COINCIDED WITH THE START-UP OF YOOKOS AND THE SUBSEQUENT PRAYING WITH PASTOR CHRIS ON PASTOR CHRISLIVE. SINCE I DID NOT HAVE AN OFFICE OF MY OWN, I USUALLY

GO TO MY FRIENDS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT ANY WORK I HAVE. DURING ONE OF SUCH VISITS, MY FRIEND ASKED ME TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL INPUT INTO A MAJOR PROJECT BID HE WAS PURSUING.WHILST WORKING ON THIS BID IN HIS OFFICE, I USUALLY SUSPENDED WORK TO PRAY DURING THE PRAYER TIMES WITH PASTOR CHRIS. INNITIALLY, I WAS PRAYING ALONE AND HIS STAFF WERE USUALLY SUSPRISED AT MY DEDICATION TO PRAYER EVEN WHEN THERE WASN'T ANY

BODY ELSE PRAYING WITH ME. I CONTINUED, DESPITE THE LACK OF SUPPORT. EVENTUALLY ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS DECIDED TO JOIN ME IN PRAYER. AFTER WE FINISHED WORK ON THE BID AND SUBMITTED IT, I KEPT COMING TO THE OFFICE AND DURING THE PRAYER TIMES, I PRAYED AS USUAL. ON ONE OF SUCH VISITS(MY VISITS HAD BECOME REGULAR) TO THE OFFICE, I DISCOVERED THAT THE COMPANY HAD DECIDED TO INSTITUTE A POLICY ON PRAYER EVERY FRIDAY OF THE WEEK AND IT WAS DOCUMENTED, JAMES 5:16. NOW THIS IS A

COMPANY THAT WAS DOING WORK FOR ONE OF THE OIL MAJORS, THOUGH THEIR WORK WAS LIMITED TO LOW VALUE JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM RUNNING AN OFFICE AND PAY A MINIMUM NUMBER OF STAFF. WHEN I SAW THAT THEY HAD INSTITUTED A POLICY ON PRAYER, I WAS ENCOURAGED AND I MADE SURE TO BE IN THE OFFICE TO PRAY FROM 12 NOON TO 1.00PM ON FRIDAY. THIS WAS THEN

A CORPORATE PRAYER. MOST OF OUR PRAYER POINTS WAS FOR GOD TO MAKE US WIN THE PROJECT BIDS WE CONTESTED FOR AND SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ANY PROJECTS WE WERE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL. I NOTICED AFTER A WHILE WHEN WE STARTED THIS CORPORATE PRAYER THAT, THE COMPANY NEVER SEEMED TO LACK ANY JOBS TO DO, EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECTS WERE SMALL. THERE WERE CONSISTENT. WE THEN STARTED PRAYING TO WIN THE MAJOR PROJECTS. WE SPECIFICALLY MADE DECLARATIONS CONCERNING PROJECTS WITH A VALUE OF BEYOND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. DURING THIS PERIOD WHICH LASTED FOR OVER A YEAR, WE CONTINUED PRAYING DURING THOSE TIMES OF PRAYER EVERY FRIDAY. MEANWHILE THE PROJECT BID THAT BROUGHT ME TO THAT OFFICE HAD STARTED MATURING, THUS I WAS NOT EARNING ANYTHING MUCH FROM THAT COMPANY YET. THIS IS WHERE I GOT TO KNOW(EPIGNOSIS AND EVENTUALLY PHRONESIS) THAT GOD IS TRULY OUR SOURCE. EVENTUALLY BY LATE LAST YEAR WE WERE AWARDED THE CONTRACT WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. NOW THIS WAS AN ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WHICH THE COMPANY HAD NEVER CARRIED OUT BEFORE. IT WAS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE COMPANY TECHNICALLY, FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE, BUT WE WERE STILL AWARDED THE CONTRACT. IF THAT ISN'T GRACE AT WORK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE CAN BE.

NOW LET ME CLARIFY THE ISSUES FOR US:

1) I STARTED FROM ZERO LITERALY.

2) THE PRAYER WAS A FERVENT, HEARTFELT, CONTINUED AND PERSEVERING ONE.

3) GRACE WAS MULTIPLIED MANY TIMES OVER.

4) THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRAYER HERE AM SURE, WE WILL LEARN OF THEM IN PASTOR CHRIS'S NEW BOOK ON PRAYER.

God gives us His word and Spirit at every point in time to be victorious and overcome life's challenges.

How blessed are we?

A lot of times christians dwell on the non-essentials instead of innately looking at and giving thanks to God for His awesomeness. As you appreciate God for what He has done for you now, be sure of the testimonies and victories of the future.

The word overcome connotes in its transitive and intransitive verbs to mean: Overwhelm to get better of, that is to surmount. This is its transitive defination and when looking at the intransitive meaning, it means to gain superiority, to win, to conquer...

This is definitely absolute! It depicts that we are standing victorious in every point or area in our lives. Glory to God! We have the note of victory! We have won!

So congratulations and start acting and talking like a winner and soon enough you will find yourself walking in it!

Central Church 3 is the winning church because of your involvement.

Thanks to our great Pastor Emma. You are the best! You indeed have raised assets, you have built nations through us!

These are glorious times, the best time to be alive! We are special, look at the way everything around and about us is well arranged. We are overcoming in all three realms this month and onward. We are overcomers in the spirit, we're overcomers in our soul and we are overcomers in our bodies. Boy I'm made for life, the future is here and I'm just living it, LIFE TO THE FULL! Thank you Lord for the Month of FEBRUARY -My Month as an Overcomer